Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!
Chapter 482 - 391: Arrogant Slogan

Chapter 482: Chapter 391: Arrogant Slogan

Cheng Zhu: Damn!

This twist was completely unexpected.

The high-end computer talent he had been eyeing got intercepted by the police!

It’s said that significant events can change a person drastically.

Who would have expected this guy to change in this direction, and his life to be so dramatically ironic?

First, there was a competitor lurking around him like a relay race participant, greenlighting him for many years.

Then got caught soliciting prostitutes, and ended up being "educated" in jail.

This guy was a brilliant Tsinghua computer graduate, a talent with rich experience in a well-known internet company, and his father is even the venerable Dean!

How could he screw up his life like this?

Dean Zhang’s son, Zhang Sixing, aptly named to think thrice before acting.

Caught in a raid, it’s unclear if he thought at all.

After all, faced with sudden changes, who knows if he had wanted to try this out long ago, and this was the result of deep contemplation.

"According to Jieyu’s description, this Zhang Sixing is a very dull, very honest man."

"The outer conditions appear quite ordinary too."

"Usually, even if he meets her, he doesn’t make eye contact during conversations, his gaze shifts away."

"He even stutters slightly, and it gets worse when he’s anxious."

Cheng Zhu recalled that this fellow had been traveling around the world for quite some time.

Had he made changes early on, and just enjoyed himself during this trip, or was this the first time in his life?

Is it often walking by the river, occasionally getting shoes wet, or did he muster courage without achieving success?

"Looking at the time, he won’t be out until after New Year’s Eve."

"Poor guy."

"Damn, I oddly want to meet him even more now!" Cheng Zhu thought.

He had never experienced these two life experiences himself.

Of course, he didn’t want to either.

With that thought, Cheng Zhu suddenly realized something was off.

"It’s weird, they say not to air one’s dirty laundry in public, it makes no sense for Dean Zhang and his wife to tell Chen Jieyu about this, how embarrassing!"

"They are all high-level intellectuals, definitely concerned with their reputation."

Thus, he picked up his phone again and sent a WeChat message to his counselor.

"I forgot to ask on the call just now, how did you come to know about this?" Cheng Zhu said.

"I was actually making dumplings with the teacher and the dean tonight. When the call came, I was there, and Dean Zhang answered on speakerphone," Chen Jieyu replied.

She felt embarrassed typing this.

At that moment, she really wished she hadn’t been there.

Her memorization of the elders’ expressions was vivid.

Anger, confusion, astonishment, embarrassment...

Wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, an abstinently elegant and serious Chen Jieyu was continuously pinching dumpling wrappers, sealing them. She briefly looked up before keeping her head down, repeatedly pinching the wrappers over and over.

Naturally, dinner was not served.

Cheng Zhu, looking at WeChat, could imagine the awkward atmosphere of that moment.

But looking at it this way, it made sense.

He guessed: "She’s telling me this because she thought I was going to hire this guy, so it’s better to know more about his story to make some judgments."

"After all, I’m giving him significant responsibilities; sometimes, a person’s work and business capabilities are just one aspect."

"For instance, say you entrust him with a key role, but he gets arrested at a critical moment, then what?"

Given Chen Jieyu’s character, if she didn’t regard Cheng Zhu with utmost importance and care, she definitely wouldn’t have disclosed this.

However, what’s interesting is, Cheng Zhu found it quite clever.

"Here’s a guy, originally a dull computer nerd, earning a high salary, constantly busy, often not home, laboring hard to earn big money for his wife and child, perhaps even sacrificing his own health and hair in the process."

"Maybe every time he dragged his tired body home, upon seeing his wife and children, he felt it was all worth it."

"And yet, this is the result he got."

"Wonder how much property she took in the divorce?"

"Perhaps now, he wants a change, no longer wants to be the pitiable honest guy.... "

"Then, you’ve got it right following me!" Cheng Zhu thought.

He might not be good at other things.

But in certain aspects, he is a grandmaster level character.

Concerning the short video platform business, it was a race against time for Cheng Zhu, just like seizing the high-end milk tea market.

But with the New Year coming, things would naturally be somewhat different.

Chinese people take the New Year seriously. Most who could rest would choose to rest, leaving only those who must work to tough it out.

"Got arrested? Let it be. Getting arrested during the holiday season doesn’t really mess things up," Cheng Zhu thought.

Moreover, when he was released, who knows, he might feel cold and disillusioned, even more confused about his life.

"Well, good, I have arrived!"

"Don’t worry, buddy, I don’t mind your past. I’ll still hire you to work for me, aren’t I awesome?"

"It might originally have been Dean Zhang helping with this matter, but in the end, it turned out that Dean Zhang and his wife owe me a big favor!"

Cheng Zhu thought to himself, somewhat heartlessly: "Why do I suddenly feel...good about his arrest?"

...

...

Elsewhere, in Shen City, Century Square.

Chen Yue’s Yue Tea is set to start trial operation tomorrow.

Originally, she planned to conduct internal adjustments for a while, but now with immense pressure, she had to bring forward the trial operation by a week.

"Youu Tea’s Shen City store has already launched, and three stores all at once, one of which is right here at Century Square!"

"I must seize a part of the milk tea market in Shen City before his store opens!"

"This Cheng Zhu is really cunning, choosing to open right in Century Square!"

"How is this different from specifically targeting me?"

Chen Yue was very confident in her Yue Tea.

The dual-line model of milk tea and soft European bread is an innovation on the basis of Youu Tea!

Stuff like Cheese Mixed Berries, loads of juicy grapes, she copied them all wildly.

What you have, I have, but what I have, you don’t.

"If it were a fair competition, you might not win against me!"

"Now the problem is he raised a hundred million, the whole network’s hype is fierce, and the hype is really too high right now."

"Otherwise, there wouldn’t be much to fear."

Chen Yue thought she could definitely climb over Youu Tea, given her family’s wealth and resources, broad connections, and also being situated in Shen City.

Just her Yue Tea’s first store firing up would ensure she could secure the same amount of funding.

Standing in her store, Chen Yue felt both nervous and excited.

Her phone buzzed at that moment; when she checked, it was the arranged blind date man inquiring if the opening flower basket matched the store’s décor style.

Chen Yue didn’t like this blind date guy at all, yet he stuck to her like a plaster.

Chatting with him was so boring, and he liked to force conversations.

Hilarious, I don’t feel like replying, and yet you still have the nerve to ask: am I busy?

"These picked flower baskets are not bad," Chen Yue nodded slightly.

She typed: "They look good, but don’t put any labels indicating who sent the baskets, nor attach any slogans like ’good fortune for opening’; just uniform without these."

"Alright." The other party immediately agreed.

After putting down her phone, Chen Yue walked into the production area.

"Little Li, make me a Yangzhi Ganlu," Chen Yue ordered.

"Okay, boss," the staff immediately got to work.

Yue Tea’s overall décor style was distinctly different from Youu Tea’s, looking fresher and more youthful.

Even the milk tea cups and packaging bags were in a fresher style.

Chen Yue didn’t actually like this style herself.

But what can you do, some girls just like it!

After receiving the Yangzhi Ganlu that Little Li made, Chen Yue frowned and complained, "Why did it take so long?"

"Once open tomorrow, with your production speed, how many can you make in a day?"

Once the business picks up, they’d sell as much as they made.

Little Li bowed slightly, not responding.

Chen Yue murmured a few more words of reprimand, then walked out holding the Yangzhi Ganlu.

She had been monitoring Century Square ever since learning about Youu Tea’s 18-store plan to see which stores’ leases were expiring and rented by Youu Tea.

Now, she was almost certain it was the shop at the entrance on the east side of the mall.

And her Yue Tea was on the west entrance.

The two tea shops faced each other from east to west.

Meanwhile, she sipped her confidently flavored Yangzhi Ganlu and walked towards the mall’s east entrance.

She personally thought that her west entrance was better than the east.

This was because the road in front of the east entrance was one-way, while the west was not.

Also, her neighbors on her side were all hot luxury brands, whereas shops on the west were also international first-tier brands, but some brands had been struggling to sell in recent years, not attracting many customers, like Versace and the likes.

When Chen Yue arrived at the east entrance, as she expected, the coffee shop that used to be there was no longer in operation, the entire storefront wrapped in paper, with large Youu Tea words written on it.

What annoyed her was that there were two young girls taking photos in front of this paper wall!

Such paper walls serve to encircle the store to prevent the renovation process from affecting the aesthetics of the mall while also serving as an advertisement.

But Youu Tea is just that popular.

Passersby can’t help but take a snap and share with others: R_excite was Chen Yue, carrying her Yue Tea’s Yangzhi Ganlu, looking up at the words on the paper wall.

She merely glanc...

She merely glanced at it, but instantly felt something was off.

She knew the slogan "Youu Tea, creating China’s new beverage force," which indeed sounded loud and assertive, bold enough to proclaim it right opposite Starbucks.

But now, the words on the wall had changed.

A slight alteration, yet it betrayed more dominance, more assertiveness!

The Youu Tea Century Square store now read:

"Youu Tea, China’s new beverage force."

....

(ps: Second update, a bit late.

Continuing to ask for monthly tickets, hoping to maintain the lead on the monthly ticket chart! Today is the first on both the monthly ticket chart and the bestseller chart!)